Oil-burner.



E. R. MAYER.

OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1'3. IEHI.

1,276,243. Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

INVENTQR Eli/71%eh EDWARD n. MAYER, or AMARILLOQ, 'rnxas, ASSIGNOR OVF-ONE-HVALF 1 J. c. stream, or 1 AMARILLO, TEXAS.

OIL-BURNER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. MAYER, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Amarillo, in the county. ofPotter and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- OiI Burners, of

which the following is a specification.

, the like.

Vith these objects in view and others as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization of parts as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the invention may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the burner.

Fig. 2, is a vertical longitudinal section of the burner.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates a burner which is generally of oblong rectangular form and raised at its front end to provide a drip shoulder 2. Near the front end it is also provided at its upper side with an upwardly and forwardly inclined shoulder 3. The functions of shoulders 2 and 3 are hereinafter explained.

The burner is divided by a horizontal partition 4 into an upper or oil passage 5 which extends to the front face of the shoulder 2, and a lower or fluid passage 6. The burner at the front end of passage 6 is recessed at 7, and fitting in said recess is a removable plug 8 held in place by screw bolts 9. The front face of the plug 8 coincides with the face of the recess at the front end of the burner and hence stands slightly back of the drip shoulder 2, and the upper edge of the block 8, is spaced slightly from the upper wall of the passage 6 so that said passage shall terminate at its front end in a thin outlet 10 which preferably is of substantially'the same width though it may be wider than the passage 5.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 20, 1918,

Application filed July 13, 1917. Serial No. 180,447. i

11 is a perforated partition extending l downwardly and forwardly in passage 6,; the front end 0f the partition having an upwardly pro ecting arm 12 riveted or other l wise secured as at 13, to the block 8, so that the block shall' form a support for the partition and when removed withdraw the same from the passage to facilitate the clean-. ing of same.

At its rear end the burner is provided with a pair of laterally rojecting ears 14 for engagement by screw olts 15 employed to clamp a cross head 16 against the rear end-of the burner, and said head 16 is provided with openings 17 and 18 for the reception of supply pipes 19 and 20 respectively, the former being employed to supply oil to the chamber 5, and-the pipe 20 to sup; ply air or steam under pressure to chamber 6. l/Vhen air is employed, the perforated plate is functionless but does nothinder the operation, but when steam is employed, scale I .and other fine particles entering with it, are

trapped in the lower part of the chamber, while the steam passes through the perforated partition to the upper part of said passage and is discharged in a thin fiat sheet through the. outlet- 10, the sheet spreading out 'in fan shape, as will be readily understood. Air discharged from the nozzle will also be in the form of a thin flat ,and substantially fan shaped sheet, and the oil from passage 5 will drip down onto the blast of air or steam, and be atomizedthereby and thoroughly admixed therewith so as to. produce a combustible spray. Where the burner is used with steam, air will be permitted to be drawn to the front end of the burner to insure perfect combustion, only at the top of the burner, and to guard against such air being drawn downward close to the front end of the burner the shoulder 3 is provided, this shoulder tending to deflect the air upwardly so that it shall commingle with the steam after the same has effected the atomization and become mixed with the oil.

As hereinbefore suggested this burner can be employed with great efiiciency for domestic use as well as in connection with power plants. with a largeoilchamber, the oil supplied thereto is caused to thinly spread over a wide area and is thus retarded in its flow By providing the burner to give ample time for the horizontal partieffectively preheat the oil and thus render it more susceptible to quick atomization when it comes in contactwith the blast of steam.,. It will also be understood that by causingthe steam to change its direction of flow through the instrumentality of the perforated partition, scale and the like is strained from the steam and collected in the lower or trap portion of the steam passage.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred'embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that it is susceptible of nwdification in form, proportion, detail construction and organization Without departing from the-spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim: v

An oil burner provided witha pair of s11- perposed passages and recessedybelow the front end of the upper passage to provide a drip shoulder therefor forward of the discharge end of the lower passage, a removable block secured across the front end of the lower passage and leaving uncovered a part of same to form an outlet for discharging a broad and thin Sheet of fluid, and a perforated partition secured to said removable block and extending upwardly an rearwardly Within the said lower passage.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

EDWARD R. MAYER. 

